Self Made Strategies

Phillip Yacinthe, CEO & Founder of the FulPhill Company

Our guest is the founder of the FulPhill Company, which was founded in 2018.  The FulPhill Company is an empowerment company based in Philadelphia, PA focused on assisting individuals, companies and organizations fulfill their purpose by combatting things that keep them from achieving those goals. From a youth perspective, roadblocks include bullying, handling failure, self-esteem, etc. From an adult perspective, depression, unbelief, lack of confidence in self, suicidal thoughts, etc. From an organizational perspective, a lack of belief in personal ability as well as in the company vision and mission.

https://thefulphillcompany.com/

These are the Self Made Strategies of Phillip Yacinthe.

On this episode you will hear Phillip discuss:

* How Phillip is using sports and open communication to help young people overcome mental health issues

* Phillip's best practices for overcoming your own mental health hurdles

* The keys to developing trust

* Why transparency is important

* Phillip's keys to being comfortable in your own skin

Production Credits:

This Self Made Strategies Podcast is a SoftStix Productions LLC jawn. This episode was produced, hosted, and edited by Tony Lopes, remotely, in Philly, PA USA, with support from the team at SoftStix Productions LLC.

The Self Made Strategies Podcast is sponsored by Lopes Law LLC (www.LopesLawLLC.com).

NOW also available on YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCOG-mybCfvYWhoXo4vPoB5g

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Michael Nemeroff, Co-founder and CEO of RushOrderTees

Our guest, on this episode, is the CEO and co-founder of RushOrderTees, a technology-driven eCommerce custom apparel company. Founded in 2002, when Michael was only 17, RushOrderTees specializes in industry-leading turnaround times for everyone from teams to small businesses to Fortune 500 companies.  Over the past 18 years, the company has focused on the customer experience by streamlining the entire process with its innovative design studio, incredible service, and the quickest deliveries in the industry.  They help people express themselves, feel united and connect more deeply to their communities and causes.

These are the Self Made Strategies of Michael Nemeroff.

On this episode you will hear Michael discuss:

* How Michael turned a family business into a highly successful business.

* How Michael used his experience in affiliate marketing to grow the business.

* How you can get going now and build your business.

Practical steps to doing more with less: How to innovate and be resourceful.

Production Credits:

This Self Made Strategies Podcast is a SoftStix Productions LLC jawn. This episode was produced, hosted, and edited by Tony Lopes, remotely, in Philly, PA USA, with support from the team at SoftStix Productions LLC.

The Self Made Strategies Podcast is sponsored by Lopes Law LLC (www.LopesLawLLC.com).

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Nate Setto, R&B Artist - @nate_setto

Nate Setto is a rising R&B artist in Detroit. As a Michigan native, he grew up with a passion for music. He began writing songs when he was 7 years old and pursued a music career at the age of 20.  Now, he has a rapidly growing fan base with over 50K followers on Instagram, over 1.3M views on YouTube and over 36K followers on Facebook.  He just launched his latest single, Novocaine (which you can listen to here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVunSIkNoBs), where he is working on shedding some light to listeners who are struggling with anxiety, depression, and substance abuse because he wants to remind people that they are not alone and that there are better ways in dealing with depression.

These are the Self Made Strategies of Nate Setto.

On this episode you will hear Nate discuss:

* How Nate started his R&B career.

* How he has grown his fan base/social media following in a crowded marketplace (R&B).

* Nate gives some advice on growing your own following.

* We also listen to Nate's song "Novocaine" and find out why he wrote it for those suffering from anxiety.

* We talked about a time Nate felt anxiety and how he dealt with it.

* We talk about how Nate has dealt with rejection, and how you might be able to also.

* We talk about Nate's battle with depression and anxiety and how he overcame it.

Production Credits:

This Self Made Strategies Podcast is a SoftStix Productions LLC jawn. This episode was produced, hosted, and edited by Tony Lopes, remotely, in Philly, PA USA, with support from the team at SoftStix Productions LLC.

The Self Made Strategies Podcast is sponsored by Lopes Law LLC (www.LopesLawLLC.com).

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Ginger King, Founder of FanLoveBeauty

With a passion for beauty, extensive knowledge of cosmetic chemistry in research and development, and practical know-how of business, sales and marketing for leading Fortune 500 companies, Ginger King knows the cosmetic industry from all angles, like no one else in her field.

Inspired by her mentor, Daymond John, Ginger is the creator of FanLoveBeauty with the leading product line dedicated to people who inspire, educate and entertain the society.  Ginger stands at the intersection of beauty and entrepreneurship and she would love the opportunity to share her knowledge.

Ginger has a unique 360 degree view of beauty from receiving a degree in chemistry, an MBA in marketing, as well as a Master’s in natural product chemistry and serving as senior management at several large cosmetic corporations.  She is an active member of Cosmetic Executive Women and Society of Cosmetic Chemists. Ginger has been the keynote speaker for brand launches and has spoken on product development and In-Cosmetics on product innovation. Not only is Ginger a beauty expert on Beauty Press, she has also served as Allure’s Beauty Judge for Breakthrough Products since 2017 and Yahoo’s Diversity In Beauty Award 2018 and Beauty Packaging Award 2019.

Ginger's latest venture is creating her own beauty brand - FanLoveBeauty dedicated to people who inspire, educate and entertain the society. The first collection will be for speakers, which is inspired by her mentor Daymond John, the business mogul and Shark Tank Star. She aims to empower speakers by providing them with the first ever 100% vegan natural lip balm full of superfoods and special sea asparagus to keep people who talk a lot lips moist and smooth to nail talks, meetings and negotiations.

Here are the Self Made Strategies of Ginger King.

On this episode you will hear Ginger discuss:

* What world-class speakers need to know about beauty

* How to break out of a crowded market: how to differentiate, innovate and dominate

* How to figure out your "brand DNA"

* Where to find influencers to support your brand

* How to use your passion to fuel your dreams

Production Credits:

This Self Made Strategies Podcast is a SoftStix Productions LLC jawn. This episode was produced, hosted, and edited by Tony Lopes, remotely, in Philly, PA USA, with support from the team at SoftStix Productions LLC.

The Self Made Strategies Podcast is sponsored by Lopes Law LLC (www.LopesLawLLC.com).

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Terrill Haigler aka @_yafavtrashman (Instagram)

Our guest on this episode is a City of Philadelphia sanitation worker, which you might not expect would be coming onto a self-made strategies podcast episode, but he's taken his position and found an innovative and entrepreneurial way to bring awareness to the need for additional PPE and what sanitation workers are going through on a day to day basis, especially because of all of the pressure on the sanitation system because of COVID-19 more people are home, therefore more trash and 200 out of 1100 sanitation workers, according to the union have gotten sick with COVID-19. And the impact of that has weighed heavily on, on the city's sanitation system.

Here are the Self Made Strategies of Terrill Haigler.

On this episode you will hear Terrill discuss:

* How the need for PPE for sanitation workers started an online movement

* Terrill's passionate advocacy for hazard pay for sanitation workers

* How Terrill has grown his social media following to over 20k+ followers

* How Terrill has monetized the account and brand to raise funds for sanitation workers

Production Credits:

This Self Made Strategies Podcast is a SoftStix Productions LLC jawn. This episode was produced, hosted, and edited by Tony Lopes, remotely, in Philly, PA USA, with support from the team at SoftStix Productions LLC.

The Self Made Strategies Podcast is sponsored by Lopes Law LLC (www.LopesLawLLC.com).

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David April, Founder of Fishtown Beer Runners

Our guest on this episode was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2015.  At that point, his life changed forever professionally. He's worked as a tour program coordinator for the state of New Jersey since 2002. There he has directed the development and management of the New Jersey state house tour program.  Including interpretive programs, civic education initiatives, and visitor services, but that's not why he's here on our show. He's joining us because of the innovative approach. He took to one of his great passions running in 2007, facing a divorce. He founded the Fishtown Beer Runners, a citywide running club that raises awareness and funds for various charities.

Fishtown Beer Runners has raised thousands of dollars annually for national and local charities, including the American Cancer Society, the National Kidney Foundation, Philabundance, and Back On My Feet.  Fishtown Beer Runners has also developed partnerships and events with over 200 businesses, nonprofits and civic organizations.

Their membership has increased from two runners at the beginning, all the way up to 4,000 runners through direct solicitation, traditional marketing and social media marketing.  Fishtown Beer Runners has initiated 20 national chapters as well as 50 international chapters and has been designated best running club by Philadelphia Magazine. He has also been nominated a Philadelphia health hero by Be Well Philly.

Here are the Self Made Strategies of David April.

On this episode you will hear David discuss:

* How the idea for Fishtown Beer Runners came about

* Why having a beer after a run might actually be good for you

* How he grew the group

* What caused the group to grow nationally and internationally

* Lessons learned from years of raising funds for charities

Production Credits:

This Self Made Strategies Podcast is a SoftStix Productions LLC jawn. This episode was produced, hosted, and edited by Tony Lopes, remotely, in Philly, PA USA, with support from the team at SoftStix Productions LLC.

The Self Made Strategies Podcast is sponsored by Lopes Law LLC (www.LopesLawLLC.com).

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David Allison, Founder of Valuegraphics

David Allison is a human behavior expert and the pioneer of Values Thinking. His research and advisory services are used in industries as wide-ranging as sportswear, school supplies, luxury goods and hedge funds. He works with global humanitarian foundations like the Environmental Defense Fund and the United Nations.   He is the founder of the Valuegraphics Database (check it out here: valuegraphics.com), the first statistically accurate global measurement of what everyone on earth cares about, and his research has led him to become an outspoken advocate for the eradication of demographic stereotypes.  He speaks internationally, and his most recent book "We Are All the Same Age Now" was an international marketing #1 best-seller, named one of the top ten Leadership Books of the year by INC magazine, and called "a genuinely original contribution to marketing literature" by Kirkus Reviews. 

You can check out or purchase "We Are All the Same Age Now" here: https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B07GTBQB2J&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_5DAwFbQTTZVB5&tag=softstix-20

Here are the Self Made Strategies of David Allison.

On this episode you will hear David discuss:

* Why values are more important than demographics and psychographics

* How to use valuegraphics in your business

* Examples of how values impact buying behaviors 

* How David is using Valuegraphics to change the way that people engage with each other

* How David's book, We Are All the Same Age Now, can help you in your business

Production Credits:

This Self Made Strategies Podcast is a SoftStix Productions LLC jawn. This episode was produced, hosted, and edited by Tony Lopes, remotely, in Philly, PA USA, with support from the team at SoftStix Productions LLC.

The Self Made Strategies Podcast is sponsored by Lopes Law LLC (www.LopesLawLLC.com).

Make sure you subscribe to the Self Made Strategies Podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. You can find us on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Blubrry and many other podcasting platforms.

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Episode 088 - Paul Isenberg, Co-Founder and CEO of Bringing Hope Home

Our guest on this episode is the Co-Founder and CEO of Bringing Hope Home, an organization which helps families going through a cancer battle, with financial assistance and other resources. In its first year, 2008, Bringing Hope Home helped approximately 20 Philadelphia area families. As of 2019, Bringing Hope Home will have helped more than 6,000 families. Bringing Hope Home is also a major contributor to the Hope Lodge at the Fox Chase Cancer Center, and the DuPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington.

You can visit their website, find out ways to help or make a donation at https://bringinghopehome.org/.

Here for your listening pleasure are the Self Made Strategies of Paul Isenberg.

On this episode you will hear Paul discuss:

* How Bringing Hope Home began serving families suffering from cancer

* How to help your  business survive through the pandemic

* The methods Bringing Hope Home hires for Culture

* Why Integrity is Paul's highest core value

* The story about the time Paul said "no" to money (largely because it would violate his core values)

* How to own your mistakes and move beyond them

* The messaging strategies that Bringing Hope Home used during the COVID-19 Pandemic

* Why an outside third party can sometimes help your organization make better decisions

Production Credits:

This Self Made Strategies Podcast is a SoftStix Productions LLC jawn. This episode was produced, hosted, and edited by Tony Lopes, remotely, in Philly, PA USA, with support from the team at SoftStix Productions LLC.

The Self Made Strategies Podcast is sponsored by Lopes Law LLC (www.LopesLawLLC.com).

Make sure you subscribe to the Self Made Strategies Podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. You can find us on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Blubrry and many other podcasting platforms.

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Episode 087 - Alex Hillman, Author of "The Tiny MBA: 100 Very Short Lessons about the Long Game of Business"

Our guest on this episode just can’t leave well enough alone.  He co-founded Indy Hall, Philadelphia's first co-working space, in 2006, and kickstarted the co-working boom that has exploded today.  In 2009, he co-founded "Stacking The Bricks" with Amy Hoy, where they taught creative people how to bootstrap their own businesses.

Since 2019, he has been working tirelessly to help 10,000 people become sustainably independent by 2029. Through the 10k Independents Project, he and his collaborators are taking on the issues that hamper entrepreneurship such as access to affordable healthcare, skill-building, legislative support for solo businesses, and more.

He is a serial-entrepreneur, but not a jerk, and he shares his experience and opinions generously on Twitter where the 100 tips that make up the book he recently authored, “The Tiny MBA,” first appeared. You can "@" him @alexhillman.

He lives in Philadelphia with his wife and friends, and loves food, travel, red wine or whiskey, and karaoke.

Here for your listening pleasure are the Self Made Strategies of Alex Hillman.

You can check out Alex's new book here: https://www.amazon.com/Tiny-MBA-Short-Lessons-Business-ebook/dp/B08DJ8ZDZV

On this episode you will hear Alex discuss:

* How he came up with the idea for the book, The Tiny MBA: 100 Very Short Lessons about the Long Game of Business

* Nilofer Merchant (whose work you can check out here: https://atwork.substack.com/), in her foreword to the book, calls it the “anti-MBA,” but Alex is not really “anti” anything, he's a community builder, so we discussed what objective he hopes to accomplish with this book

* “Most business decisions are relatively reversible. If you have a decision that doesn’t seem reversible, try looking for ways to shrink the decision into smaller parts. That way, it’s cheap or free to undo the decision if things don’t go the way you expect.”

* “Money psychology impacts the ability to build a sustainable business in a massive way, but most people haven’t ever analyzed their own money psychology for habits and flaws.”

* Alex's theories on bootstrapping

* The 10k Independents Project and why Alex started it

Production Credits:

This Self Made Strategies Podcast is a SoftStix Productions LLC jawn. This episode was produced, hosted, and edited by Tony Lopes, remotely, in Philly, PA USA, with support from the team at SoftStix Productions LLC.

The Self Made Strategies Podcast is sponsored by Lopes Law LLC (www.LopesLawLLC.com).

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Episode 086 - Mark Victor Hansen, Author of "Ask! The Bridge Between Your Dreams and Your Destiny"

Our guest, on this episode, is the co-author of the wildly successful Chicken Soup for the Soul book series.

He recently cowrote the book “Ask! The Bridge from Your Dreams to Your Destiny,” which is a self-help journey about learning the art and science of asking questions and how it can completely transform your life. With all of the challenges we face, we oftentimes give up on our dreams. This book opens a door to rekindling those dreams and actively pursuing them—using a simple tool that everyone has at their disposal.

Our guest has soothed millions of souls through Chicken Soup for the Soul, and now is aiming to immerse readers in the wondrous potential of their own lives, by simply learning to ask.

You can purchase or check out the book, Ask! The Bridge Between Your Dreams and Your Destiny, by visiting this link: https://amzn.to/3aS3vTr

Here for your listening pleasure are the Self Made Strategies of Mark Victor Hansen. 

On this episode you will hear Mark discuss:

* How he came up with the idea for the book, Ask! The Bridge from Your Dreams to Your Destiny”

* The seven roadblocks to Asking:

* Unworthiness/insecurity (condition from our childhood)

* Naiveté (Lack of awareness of what is possible – imposter syndrome)

* Doubt (Unsure of how to ask)

* Excuses (Stubbornness or pride)

* Fear (Underlying feeling that we will lose something)

* Pattern paralysis (Habits)

* Disconnection (become numb to our inner truth)

* Using asking to pivot your destiny

* How asking questions can help you define what happiness is to you

* The creative power of asking (leading to curiosity)

* How you can use asking to enhance your personal relationships

* Why asking questions with genuine interest leads to stronger bonds

* The reason that asking a question makes people feel appreciated

* Asking to achieve ideal health

* How can you shape your “ask” or “question” in a positive (rather than a negative way)

Production Credits:

This Self Made Strategies Podcast is a SoftStix Productions LLC jawn. This episode was produced, hosted, and edited by Tony Lopes, remotely, in Philly, PA USA, with support from the team at SoftStix Productions LLC.

The Self Made Strategies Podcast is sponsored by Lopes Law LLC (www.LopesLawLLC.com).

Make sure you subscribe to the Self Made Strategies Podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. You can find us on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Blubrry and many other podcasting platforms.

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